After harvesting a lot of money for a season, in ten days or so, I can earn a bicycle and still have some leftover.
If this was a bigger house, I'm afraid it would attract a lot of envy and jealousy. But in the second brigade, no one really thinks so.
Some families, a father and son or a couple, go to the mountains to collect cattle and hair together, and can earn more than 300 yuan this season.
The main thing for this thing is to have transportation. It is useless to point out walking into the mountains, so having a bicycle is really important.
The Niumaoguang season has just passed, and the work in the ginseng fields has begun to get busy again.
After weeding twice, it's time to fertilize Xu Shiyan's 50-foot experimental field.
The second pass of grass is easy, just pull up the big grass in the field, unlike the first pass of grass where you have to loosen the soil along the way.
However, the Second Brigade had to mow the more than 10,000 feet of ginseng land twice, which was enough to keep them busy for a while.
Xu Shiyan still led people to work in the ginseng fields. Not only did he have to hire workers to weed, he also had to lead people to fertilize the 50-foot test field.
Use a pickaxe to make a small ditch between the two rows of ginseng.
Then use a long spoon to scoop out the bean cake water one by one, pour it into the ditch, and then cover it with soil.
This job sounds easy, but in fact it is dirty and tiring.
The bean cake had been left to ferment in a puddle for so long that it stunk.
There was no other way, so everyone covered their noses with cloth strips and worked hard.
Fortunately, it's only fifty feet, so it can be finished in two days.
On June 19, everyone was working in the ginseng fields. Suddenly the sky became overcast, the wind blew fiercely, and lightning flashed and thundered.
Raindrops as big as beans fell down, and along with them, there were hailstones as big as pigeon eggs, crackling down.
Fortunately, there were ginseng sheds in the ginseng fields. The confused people hid under the ginseng sheds, but they were not hit by the hail.
Just listening to the hail falling on the ginseng shed and the clanking of the smashed boards made everyone's hearts sink.
It’s hard to tell how wide a hailstorm was covered by such a big hailstorm.
It would be fine if it was just the ginseng field. After all, it is covered by a ginseng shed, so it won't cause any damage.
If this hits your big field, you are afraid that the crops in the field will be destroyed again.
"Brother Xu, what do you think the weather is like this year? There was a late frost a few days ago, and here comes another hailstorm.
Alas, I don’t know if the areas in our brigade were hit by hail.
If this happens, we may not even have enough food rations this year."
Several people sat on the surface of the pool to hide from the rain, sighing as they looked at the hail falling outside.
"Who knows what will happen this year? Alas, we old farmers depend on the sky for food. Whether we are full or hungry depends entirely on whether God will reward us or not. It's difficult."
Xu Shiyan sighed. He had an impression of this. It seemed that many places in the county were hit by this hailstorm.
Due to this hailstorm, Songjiang Commune has lost harvests of thousands of acres. It is estimated that life will not be easy this year.
There was a burst of thunderstorms and hail. In less than half an hour, the rain gradually lightened up and the hail stopped falling.
After the rain, the sky cleared, and everyone came out from under the ginseng shed.
Then I saw a layer of hailstones in the horse path, which were shiny and as big as pigeon eggs and as small as a finger.
Everyone sighed, it's over, this year's harvest will be poor again.
"Oh my God, you are causing trouble to us. This year we have late frost and hail. How are we going to live?"
"Hey, Technician Xu, can't you predict the weather? Then why didn't you predict today's hail?"
Suddenly, there was a burst of chuckles over there, and someone looked at Xu Shiyan with contempt and taunted him.
Xu Shiyan saw that it was none other than Qiao Hui, the former technician in the team.
Because of the late frost incident, Xu Shiyan was promoted to be a technician. Qiao Hui had not yet passed his internship period, so he could only continue to work in the team.
Probably because he was robbed of his job, he was a little dissatisfied with Xu Shiyan, so he deliberately made sarcastic comments.
"College student, do you think there is a way to prevent hail? Even if I predict it in advance, can you still put sheds on all the big fields?"
Xu Shiyan shook his head. The young man just couldn't keep his composure and would rush to the front whenever something happened.
What does it mean to say this? It can only make people laugh.
Even if there are greenhouses in later generations, they may not be able to prevent the big hail in such a situation.
Besides, we haven’t turned all the fields into greenhouses.
Sure enough, when Xu Shiyan said this, everyone laughed.
"That's right, college student, how about you invent something and cover all our fields, then we won't be afraid of hail."
Originally, Qiao Hui just wanted to ridicule Xu Shiyan, but he was ridiculed by Xu Shiyan in return. He suddenly couldn't hold it in his face, snorted, turned around and left.
"What's so cool? Do you really think you're a college student?
He was just an ordinary farmer, and he was recommended to study for two years because of connections.
There is less than half a bottle hanging around, and there is not much ink in the stomach, but it is bigger than anyone else. What the hell is this?"
As soon as Qiao Hui left, these young men couldn't help but complain.
"If Brother Xu had the chance to study, he would definitely be better than him."
When Xu Shiyan heard this, he quickly shook his head, "What's the matter? I haven't even finished junior high school, so I still can't compare with others.
Come on, let’s all work, he’s just interning here with us and will leave after a while, so why bother making it so unpleasant?”
Everyone thought about it, he was just an intern and he would have to leave in a few days.
"Yes, yes, when it comes to work, you don't have the same experience as him."
When everyone returned to the village from Shendi, they heard that the hail was not bad. Not only the team, but also some parts of the commune were hit by hail.
Fortunately, the hail struck a line, and the affected area in Donggang Commune was not too large, which can be considered a blessing among misfortunes.
Even so, everyone was in a low mood.
You have worked hard all year round just for that little food. If this continues, will you still be able to eat the food rations this autumn?
When farmers are not idle, grass should be plowed twice in the ginseng field and plowed twice in the large field.
No matter how bad your mood is, you still have to work. If you don’t work, won’t the remaining crops also go to waste?
The summer solstice has passed with all the busy work, and at this time, the gastrodia elata has been unearthed in the forest, and it’s time to pick the Ganoderma lucidum.
Many people in the team began to go into the mountains in gangs to engage in side jobs.
Several young men who got along well with the neighbors came to see Xu Shiyan, and they all went into the mountains together to dig Gastrodia elata.
Digging Gastrodia elata is not like digging Niu Maoguang, where you have to go to Dadianzi. Gastrodia elata can be found in many places.
In his previous life, Xu Shiyan lived here for many years, and he knew very well where there was a lot of Gastrodia elata in the surrounding area.
So I took Sun Xiaofeng and others, either to Kaifeng Crossing Road, or to Daniugou, or to Xiaosha River or Dasha River.
Although it's a little further, they have bicycles, so you can start early without delay.
It is precisely because they are far away and there are few other people going there that they encounter a lot of Gastrodia elata every day.
Gastrodia elata, Orchidaceae, and Gastrodia elata are saprophytic herbaceous plants, which have no roots or leaves and cannot perform photosynthesis. They can only rely on the nutrients provided by the associated Armillaria fungi to grow and reproduce.
Armillaria fungus is mostly distributed in broad-leaved forests, especially oak and linden forests, so when digging Gastrodia elata, you should also look for such forests.